Analytical Center conducted a session on “Open Data: experience of the Russian Federation” in Erevan

24 june 2014

On 20 June 2014 Analytical Center together with Rossotrudnichestvo supported by the Government of the Russian Federation held a session on “Open Data: experience of the Russian Federation” within the frames of the Russian-Armenian business-forum DigiTec.

The session contained two roundtables dedicated to open data subject – “Open
Data as a tool for global development” and “The role of open data in business
development, best practices and examples”. The reports presented by
participants and the discussion that followed, touched the topic of prospects
for the development of tools used in operating with open data and
implementation of open data in Russia and Armenia.

The topic of open data enjoys a lot of attention in Russia and is needed in
Armenia. In Russia and Armenia, the solution for these issues can be found in
the creation of various services for citizens based on open data that is
published by the government authorities. This is why experience exchange in
this area between Russia and Armenia is very useful.

Experts came to the agreement that public disclosure of data in education,
transport, consumer services, tourism and electrification demanded by society
and the activities for disclosing government data is an important task, which
allows the increase of efficiency in economy. This work requires new
approaches, methods, means and technologies for an integrated solution. There
is also the need in a centralized coordination across the state in law
enforcement, organizational, technical and methodological aspects.

The Open Data Portal which is currently
under
development in Russia, represents one of the key
tools for implementing state policy in this area.